ISO 639-3 · lijlij
Indo-European family
Ligurian
Lengoa ligure
Ligurian is a language of the Gallo-Italic branch (Indo-European), spoken in Italy, France and Monaco. Wikidata counts about 500,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Gallo-Romance language (for the ancient extinct language use Q36104)”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
lij- Glottocode
ligu1248- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Centre point
- 44.50, 8.50
- Wikipedia
- 82 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
1scripts
9levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Ligurian · Lengoa ligure |
|---|---|
| Also called | Ligurian language, Lìgure |
| All speakers | 500,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Ligurian
The branches above Ligurian, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Italy
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